National Republican., 1887-03-14
It Contains Sound Advice.

EDITOR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,: The Break
fast Table Letter to the President In the REPUD.
LICAS Of the 9th inst. contains sound advice.
Every sincere friend of the south must desire
to see the solidty of both the white and col.
cred vote broken up No healthy p,iitia' nor
desirable social conditions can exist where.race
lines coincide with party lines.
The President is right in trying to divide the
negro vote. If he wreck his party in doing II
even, the game is worth the powder. The
craft has proved Itself uuseaworthy and will
hay to go to dry dock anyway or sink.
Despite the howls which the domination and
confirmation of the Colorcd recorder of deeds
for the District Of Columbia called out from h s
followers, the President IS every way jusdied
in his action. What chance 50 well worth
taking as this OF dividing the colored vote !?
The President has Offices To bestoa and they
must be made to count something. Where will
they do the mcst good? That the practical!
question.
The mongrel crowd styled the Democratic
party finds itself III possession OF the so;vrn-
ment by a mere accident. party having Its
name and claiming identity of origin was b m.
ishtd 10y the. American people twenty i've
years ago for high crimes aganst liberby. II
violated every iptcndment of the constitution
in its mad crusade 10 plant slavery in the free
we.t Itsent the army Of the United States to
enforce the Cdicts of rutllHn mObs in Kansas.
Protesting "home rule" then a. now, II re-
fused TO the people the right to vo.e for free
guaranty OF "SQGGtter SorerG!g1ty'-the right
TO choose their own institutions when they
organized as a state.
Defeated in this dlGbo!cal attempt, that
DemGeratic party nursed in its bosom a gisau-
tic rebellion, and rcsolu,ely resisted all the
attempts 10 suppress 1t. That was the last
known oil Democracy in power for twenty-five
Meantime new generation has grown that
had forgotten the crimes which had made the
very rame OF Democrat h9tet,ll 10 every lpyal
"A H.. a
ccedcd TO the patriots who fought ont the
war, and laid the solid foundations OF a recon.
strCcted country: The cry of reform came up
everywhere, aud the people, willing 10 dc
anything for change, allowed this banished
EsTiy 10 come back again. Reform was on iti
lips, and 1t entered the patcrnal mansion Ike
the Jrodigal son returning from his de-
taucheries. Its promises have not been kept
II has proved itself the same old reaotonary
parry, whose crimes blacaen our history, il
has no prospect OF continuing In power.
Mr. Cleveland is in the party, but not of It,
BE seems to be sincere, pa.liotic man, mar,
rowed IN vision ana exaggerating minister t
details above great measures TO upliit and re-
l.eVe the people. But he viii try TO help on
ored>t otcrs in doubtful states, ani he show
Ait@frlrotism and good sense In this. If any
Mo is to be hired to vote the Democratic
yet let 1t be the prosecuted, d@wntrollel
he becomts a ward of the Democracy hi:
chances are amazingly improved in the south
Now, as 10 dividing the white vote of lht
south. believe It can be done. In1eed, tat
work IS already well under way. Here in Vir
pinia in the last election quite spontan .ousy
the most remarkable results were achieved II
| ty 220I0 votes. The change was entirel!
| caused by white woIklngmen. whose suffer
inss have taught them 70 think. They nr'
| mostly o! the new crop-.thc young men VIII
| have teen trained in the free schools Of tn
| slate. For The first time in the history of Vir
| inia, labor Is becoming organized and assert
Ing itsell ns motor in Legislation. IL seeks 4
amend general conditions. IL wants gloI
wages hut IL has come 10 see that low ptlcc
mean luw wages. IL steS that the cInploye q
and employed must breathe the tamo air, an
80 must suffer alike fro'n all general po.iele
which cause depression in business II tn
manufacturer and farmer get Low prices fl
their products they can not employ labor q
high wages, Indeed, low prcts ,di.conrig
and reduce them to bankruptcy and they en-
! IlCy no labor gt all. l.0w wages ami insecur
tenure OF employment follow Democratic poll
| cles.
| trade ENd p,civctlUraIe not mere anstrlG iOn'
| but stand Tor lnare or less food ana mea
| nome comforts and opportunities for thei
| children.
| They know that when money Is p'ontY theT
| is nTosTuity; when II Is scarce GdScr5ity an
| sutt ring los Oi wpgas, loss Of homes, brea
| ing up Of families, aud everything goug dow
| hill,
| They are awakened at last and on the rna
| upward flOm the degradation TO which tn
| bonI ions OF the south consigned their whi,
| laOorcrs even more than their black ones IL
| the roor whites were held at distance, viii!
| the blacks kept near the master whites al
solhrh civilization, end being properly wel
| guarded from vice AMI disease, aud steady In
| dusty gave them u certain rude mental train
| Ing which the poor whites lacked.
Now the natural alliance Of this awakene
class of kingmen Is with those who beliey
In the positive duty of the national g0yerl
| ment u see that labor has tull empioyment
large wGgCs and homes worthy Of America
irCCmon, Gail this paternal or what 80
| please, the theory here described IL that YhiG
has TO be IN this land This much orgsuze
labor has determined, ana there dwells not o
this or any other side OF heaven tho powI
| that can resist this Just demand,
There is no other way to divide the sOuther
White vote but on the issues which are IN
VOWED in the labor movement, The polit
clans who do not see this are blind as bat
The Democratic party have had the one gran
opportunity, They came into power whel
under false financial policy, every industrlt
and commercial interest was depressed an
lufiering. They pledged help and relle
They have violated every pledge. They hay
wIung from the suffering people the soant
means by which they We're SIN hoping {
saye their imperlled homes and business, an